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Caballero: A Historical Novel, often known only as Caballero, is a historical romance novel coauthored by Jovita González [1] and Margaret Eimer (under the pseudonym Eve Raleigh). [2] Written in the 1930s and early 1940s, but not published until 1996, [3] the novel is sometimes called Texas's Gone with the Wind. [4]
Between 2013 and 2015, Harris worked on writing a novel in the mornings and evenings between his afternoon work. He finished the novel while as a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers. During his third year of the program, he secured a literary agent, Emily Forland at Brandt & Hochman, who sent his manuscript to editors in June 2019. [4]
Texas is a 1985 novel by American writer James A. Michener (1907–1997), based on the history of Texas.Characters include real and fictional characters spanning hundreds of years, such as explorers, Spanish colonists, American immigrants, German Texan settlers, ranchers, oil men, aristocrats, Chicanos, and others, all based on extensive historical research.
The Spectator Bird is a 1976 novel by Wallace Stegner. It won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1977, one of the two most prestigious literary awards in the United States. [1] The book tells the story of retired literary agent Joe Allston, who receives a postcard from an old friend, a Danish countess named Astrid. Joe initially hides the ...
The first English book which was solely about Texas was Texas (1833) by Mary Austin Holley, cousin of Stephen F. Austin. It was expanded in 1836 and retitled History of Texas. [1] A later author in this period, John Crittenden Duval, was dubbed the "Father of Texas Literature" by J. Frank Dobie.
Hornfischer at the 2016 Texas Book Festival. James D. Hornfischer (November 18, 1965 – June 2, 2021 [1]) was an American literary agent, author, and naval historian.. A one-time book editor at the publishing company HarperCollins in New York, Hornfischer was later president of Hornfischer Literary Management, a literary agency in Austin, Texas.
(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order “to protect Texans from the coordinated harassment and coercion by the People's Republic of China (PRC) or the Chinese ...
Governor John "Jack" Longfellow – R-Maine, John Batchelor's novel Father's Day; Governor Robert McCallister – R-Missouri, Jack & Bobby; Governor Sam McConaughey (Steven Weber) – Texas, Dallas (2012 TV series) Governor Daniel McGinty (Brian Donlevy), The Great McGinty; Governor John J. McKay (Melvyn Douglas) – D-California, The Candidate ...